Patents by Inventor Yutaka Nakashimada

Yutaka Nakashimada has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Uracil-requiring moorella bacteria and transforming-gene-introduced moorella bacteria
    Patent number: 9181557
    Abstract: The present invention provides uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase; and transforming-gene-introduced Moorella bacteria obtained by introducing a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase and a transforming-gene to a chromosome of the uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria. The present invention was accomplished by uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria, comprising an MTA-D-pF strain that is obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase on a chromosome of Moorella bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Hiroshima University, Gifu University
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakashimada, Akihisa Kita, Tohru Suzuki, Shinsuke Sakai, Kazue Takaoka
  • Uracil-Requiring Moorella Bacteria and Transforming-Gene-Introduced Moorella Bacteria
    Publication number: 20140206065
    Abstract: The present invention provides uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase; and transforming-gene-introduced Moorella bacteria obtained by introducing a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase and a transforming-gene to a chromosome of the uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria. The present invention was accomplished by uracil-requiring Moorella bacteria, comprising an MTA-D-pF strain that is obtained by destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase on a chromosome of Moorella bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicants: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., GIFU UNIVERSITY, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakashimada, Akihisa Kita, Tohru Suzuki, Shinsuke Sakai, Kazue Takaoka
  • Primer Set and Method for Homologous Recombination
    Publication number: 20140206084
    Abstract: The present invention provides a primer set used for transformation that imparts a uracil requiring property by deleting or destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase in Moorella bacteria. The present invention is accomplished by a primer set that is used for creating a uracil requiring strain obtained by deleting or destroying a gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase in Moorella bacteria by homologous recombination and is represented by SEQ ID No. 1 and 2 that amplify an upstream region adjacent to said gene coding for orotidine-5-phosphate decarboxylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicants: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., GIFU UNIVERSITY, HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yutaka Nakashimada, Akihisa Kita, Tohru Suzuki, Shinsuke Sakai, Kazue Takaoka
  • Novel ethanol producing bacterium and process for producing ethanol
    Publication number: 20060051848
    Abstract: A bacterium capable of producing ethanol at a temperature of 40° C. or more from a carbon compound which is gaseous at ordinary temperature and ordinary pressure as the raw material, and a process for producing ethanol by culturing the bacterium at 40° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Naomichi Nishio, Yutaka Nakashimada, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Hiroaki Otsuka, Osamu Chiyoda, Toru Tanaka